Type-writing machine.



PATENTED 3E0. 11, 1906.

J. FELBEL. TYPE WRITING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 3, 1903.

WZZ/ A erm ne PATENT OFFICE.

'rJA COB FELBEL, or NEW'roRK"; N. ASSIGNOR TO UNION TYPEWRITER To "(ZZZ w -may concern.

Be it known that I, JACOB FELBEL, a citi- "z'en"ofthesUnited"States, and a resident of 'theborough of Manhattan, city of New York, '5'" in thecounty of New York and State of New Yorkfhave invented certain new and useful "Improvements in TypeWriting Machines, of e which the following is a specification. "Myinventionrelatesto t 'e-Writing maro' chines, and more particular y to type-bar 'ff baskets 'or rests therefor. lThe object of my invention is to provide a gimme construction of type-bar basket or 1'5" reboundfot the type-bars when they strike "th basket their movements back. to nor- 'rett which is" capable ofgreatly reducing the "'of a" ent type-bars conflicting or colliding neart \etypebar basket during the rapid 2o :'operation of the machine.

Totheabovel'andbther ends which will hereinafter appear my invention consists in ,thelfeatures of construction and combinati'ons'and arrangements of devices hereinaf- 2 5 ter described, and more particularly pointed ii heei pe de fi ms. 4

In the. accompanying drawings, wherein reference characters indicate correspond- 7 1 1 s a detail frontelevation of a composite 4o .%ad and made up, of segmental sections:

is isen l r' e l etei il y P spective view showing one'end of a compos- ..-,ite pad and;..one means which ma be employed for uniting the strips of w 'ch said pad is-composed; .Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail fra enter perspective view of another form o pad-, t iegview.illustrating still another-manner.offsecuring the strips together. ,are. like views of other forms of pads embodying'my invention.

While have shown my invention as em ployed in a front-strike type-Writing machine, it should be understood that it may be Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed Jenner-x3, 1903. Serial No. 137.682.

1 tions', and thereby avoid the liability .fcoMraurfjor isasnr oirY, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION or NEW used inany style oftype-bar writing-ma.

chines. I

The frame 1 of the machine is surmounted by a top plate 2, which su port-s a suitable. carriage (not shown) rovi ed with a laten 3. (Diagrammatical y illustrated in ig. 1.) Key-levers 4 are pivoted in the frame of the machine at 5 and have the usual finger-keys 6 attheir forward ends. Each ke' -lever has Pat nted'Dec. 11, 1900.

a restoring-spring 7 and has a sub ever8 piv oted thereto at 9, the lower portion ofthesublever being slotted at 10 for cooperation with a fixed fulcrum-rod 11, that extendsfrom side to side of the machine. To the upper end of each s'ublever is pivoted at 12 a link 13, that in turn is pivoted at14 to a type-bar 15. The various segmentally-ar-i ranged type-bars are mounted upon a pivotwire 16, seated in a segment 17, and are eachrestoredto normal (position by a returning-v spring 18, connects pivotally comiected at 20 to a type-bar, and

connected at its other end to a hook 21, se-

cured to the segmental t pe-bar basket, which designated asa whole by the numeral 22. Thet e-bars, which are adapted to strike upward y and rearwardly, normally rest at their forward free ends on a segmental that extend forwardly from the type-bar segment 17.

The pad 23 may be made up of a plurality of strips, as 26 and 27, thatextend lon itudiat one end to a link 19,

nally of the pad, and are secured together by any suitable means, or the pad may be made of a single body of felt or other suitable material, as at 26". The com osite pad may be constructed as illustratedm- Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 9, with an u per-most or outermost lon 'tudinally-exten ing strip 26 of soft or resi ien-t material, such as felt or the like, and

. with a lowermost or rearmost lon 'tudinallyextending strip 27 of leather or ot er suitable material having less resiliency than felt, or the pad may be made of a single strip of soft, yielding, or resilient material, such as felt, as

indicated at 26*in Figs. 7 and 8, or oftwo or more 'strip's of felt. or soft material secured together, est-illustrated at 26 and- 26in- Fig.

6'. Thepadlineach case, however, has embedded or seated therein a longitudinallyexterding'strip or strips of metaLprefer-ably "of a non-resilient character, such as copper or lead, and, thismetallic stri% 1svh %)l1y-sp1p.-;

re era y e ported by the pad itself.

elt or yielding surface of the pad is ex osed for the impact of the type-bars in or ex to deadenthe sound asv much as possible.

metal areindi'catedas Wires 28 which-extend longitudinally of the pad and from} end toend thereof. The pads shown in Figs. 1, 2;

3, and 5 are referably formed-by-scorin or; kerfing the eather stri to a de tht at corresponds substantial y -to onealfthe diameter of' a wire, and a-wire may then be sea-ted in each longitudinally-extending-' groove-orkerf if two ormore wires be employed. The felt strip is then placedin positionand compressed on the leather stri so that the Wires Will-sink intothe felt, an the Pmay be given the requisite curvature by the same-machine which is employed to bendtherigidsupport 24.. I

Where a single body of felt or like materialis employed, a's-inthe construction shown in endwise, or the felt may be split .or-cut to receive the strip ior strips.

Instead ofemploying one or more stri s in wire form, asthus far specifically descri ed,

. one or more strips of metal 28, of sheet-like I should be understood' that both upper and lowermost embracing stri s may be-madeof felt or-some other suitab e soft or-yielding- 7 these stripswith the interposedsheet-metalr antirebounding strip '28 may then be secured. to other in any suitable manner. Theantip re oundingstrips of metal 28 and 28 are l '2.

or other form, may be seated in the pad,- as represented-iniFig. S, or. asinglb strip of sheet metal: 28 'may be interposed between two .inclosing strips,as represented in-Fig. 9. In this case the.

up ermosi stri 269 is prefers ably made of- 6 t and the owermost strip- 27 is preferably madeoh leather, though it.

material, as--indicated'- in. Fig. 6, and that In Figs. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and7 the'insertedstri'psof preferably made ofcolpper, lead, or some suchnon-resilient meta.

Instead of making the padof a singlecontinuous strip. or. of continuous strips, as shownin Fig. 2, they may be divided'into a .pluralit-yo'f segmental sections a, b, and c, as

represented in Fig. '4, and seated within the U-shaped, rigid support. Either the pads, together with the metal stri or strips seated therein, may bethus divi ed, or the metal stri or' strips may be continuous and the pa itself made in sections.

From the foregoing description it; will be understoodthat the non-resilientor hard sides by the ad; that grooves are formed-inthe meeting aces ofztheinclosing ads, andthat the metal strips are seat in said coves, that in some cases the grooves are formed by scoring or grooving thenonmetallicstrip and 111- others by pressing-thev non-metallic strips upon the metal strips or wires.

' It will be observedthat allor the inserted antirebounding-stri s than the surface of t he pad against which the type-bars strike, and said strips beingunisuspended they operate greatly to reducethe rebound of the type-bars.

i I have'usedin ractice the forms shown Figs. 1', 3, 5, an 7 with highly satisfactory results, since the padis-practically noiseless. and the 'reboundso largely reduced as toavoid all'clashing of the type bars. Figs. 7" andyS, the metallic antireboundi'ng strip or strips. may be driven. into the felt While I have illustrate several-forms of my invention, it shouldbe understood that various changesin construction-may be made without departing from the spirit thereof.

Although I preferand have successfully .used in practice a metal; strip, as. 28, nevertheless in sofar=asmy invention broadly i consij ere'd someother equivalent material maybe employed instead, the gist ofv the imv are harder and stiffer provement consisting in j( rovndi-ng.-the pad with an inserted rebound reducingstrip, as. will be-more exactly defineddn the-following cl aims.

What I claim as new, vandideeirekto secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1-. In a. typewriting machine, thecombi:

nation of apad, asupport-arran edrbackof' saidpad-an i r, a non-resilient'longitu wholly'su porting epad, and dinally-arrangedi enth rebiound-ingstrip supported. wholly said 5 a support port.

mental pad, a segmental support backof and against which the pad bears throughout its length and bywhich the pad is wholly supported, and a segmental antirebounding 5 strip that is embedded in said pad, and extends longitudinally thereof.

3 A type-bar basket com rising atelt pad,

h rigid support that is bac or and wholly support-s said pad substantially throughout 10 the length thereof, and an antirebounding 5. A type-bar basket comprising a pad having a felt impact-face, a support for whollysupporting said pad-,and a series of non-resilient metallic antirebounding strips that arearranged side by side and'extend 5 longitudinally of and are; embedded and fixed in the pad and are su ported thereby.

6, In a type-writing mac ine, the combination of ty e-bars, a 00 posit'e pad, a support back 0 the pad andagainst which the pad bears and by which the padiswholly supported, and a metalhp antirebounding strip seated in said compositepad and extending longitudinally thereof and wholly supported thereby. i

7. In a type-writing mathine, the combination of type-bars, a segmental support, a segmental pad that is wholly supported throughout its length by said support, and

a segmental -non resilient antireboundin'g- 40 strip that isfixed and seatedin said pad and supported thereby.

A type-bar basket comprising a 'pad that is divided longitudinally, a support arranged back of said pad and wholly support- 5 ingit, and a metallic antirebounding strip that extends longitudinally -'of the pad and is seated andsupported therein at its divided portion. 9. A type-bar basket comprising a pad made up of a plurality of sections, a metallic antirebounding strip that is inter osed be- 50.tween said sections and extends ongitudinally thereof, and a support back of said pad and against which the pad bears and by means of which the pad is-wholly supports 10. A t 'e-bar basket comprising a pad made up 0 a plurality of strips which have grooves in their meeting faces, a metallic antirebounding strip seated. within said grooves and an independent supp at back of said. ad and against which the pa bears and by w ich it is wholly. supported.

11. A type-bar basket comprising a pad made up of a plurality of strips having grooves in their meeting faces, which grooves extend longitudinally of the strips, a longitudinally-extending metallic antirebounding strip seated in said grooves, and an independent support back of said pad and against which the, pad bears and by which it is wholly supported.

12. A type-bar basket comprising a pad made of a plurality of strips having longitudinally-extending grooves in their meeting faces, the strip which receives the impact of the type-bars being made of felt,-longitu dinallyextending rebound reducing strips seated in said grooves and wholly supported thereby, and a support back of said pad and against which the pad bears and by which it is wholly supported.

13. A type-bar basket comprising a pad made up of a plurality of sections, a longitudinally-extending metallic antirebounding strip contained between the meeting faces ofthe sections and supported thereby, means for-securing said sections toge her, andja support back of the pad and against which the pad bears and by which it is wholly supported.

14. A type-bar basket comprisinga pad made up of a plurality of strips, secured together, the strip exposed to the impact of the type-bars being made of felt, a reboundreducing strip seated between said other strips and extending longitudinally thereof, and means wholly independent of. said rebound-reducing strip for supporting said pad. Signed at the borough of Manhattan, cit of New York, in the county of New Yor and State of New York/this 2d day ofJan- I nary, A. D. 1903.

JACOB FELBEL.

v WVitnesses:

CHARLES E. SMITH. E. M. WELLS. 

